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Does ChatGPT help patients access reliable and comprehensive information about psoriasis?
1Department of Dermatology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)
|August 18, 2025
Summary
ChatGPT provides reliable and comprehensive information for psoriasis patients. This artificial intelligence tool can be a valuable, easily accessible resource for quick health guidance on managing psoriasis.
Area of Science:
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
- Dermatology
- Health Informatics
Background:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing, impacting medical knowledge and practice.
- The efficacy of AI tools like ChatGPT in providing accurate health information to patients remains unclear.
- Psoriasis, a chronic condition with no cure, necessitates continuous patient information seeking.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the accuracy and comprehensiveness of ChatGPT's responses to common patient questions about psoriasis.
- To assess the potential of ChatGPT as a reliable health information resource for individuals with psoriasis.
Main Methods:
- Identification of common psoriasis patient questions based on clinical experience.
- Evaluation of ChatGPT's responses for reliability (rated 1-5) and comprehensiveness (rated 1-3) by two independent reviewers.
- Analysis of rating scores to determine the quality of information provided.
Main Results:
- ChatGPT responses demonstrated high reliability, scoring 5 (very good) for 11 out of 12 questions and 4 (good) for one question.
- Comprehensiveness ratings indicated that most responses were rated as comprehensive (3) by both reviewers.
- Minor variations in comprehensiveness ratings were observed between the two reviewers.
Conclusions:
- ChatGPT offers reliable and comprehensive information regarding psoriasis.
- Its widespread accessibility makes it a potentially valuable tool for patients seeking quick and accurate health guidance.
- The study supports the use of ChatGPT as a supplementary resource for psoriasis patient education.
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